11Nov 2024 by Post

Atheist Richard Dawkins: Intelligent Design Is a “Scientific Hypothesis,” Though Mistaken

Atheism, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Christianity, Colin Wright, Comfort, cosmic designer, design hypothesis, Evolution, Faith & Science, gender, intelligence, Intelligent Design, Manhattan Institute, mathematics, morality, Muslims, New Atheists, nobility, physics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, scientific hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, stories, theism, Twitter, universe
This is a remarkable response, granting the premise of arguments for intelligent design like those of Stephen Meyer. Source
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08Nov 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: An Ediacaran Animal with a Question Mark

A. Yu Ivantsov, animals, dickinsoniids, Ediacaran biota, Epibaion, Evolution, Evolution & Development, flatworms, Fossil Friday (series), IFLScience, jello, microbial mats, multicellular animal, muscles, nervous system, Nilpena Ediacara National Park, outback, paleontology, placozoan, Precambrian, protists, Quaestio simpsonorum, Roomba, sandstone, South Australia, trace fossils, Tribrachidium
To claim that such undefinable blobs in sandstone represent fossils of the oldest motile animals is massively overselling the evidence to say the least. Source
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06Nov 2024 by Post

Remembering Michael Ruse

Arkansas, Cambridge University Press, Christianity, Dallas, Darwinism, David Hull, Debating Design, Evolution, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Intelligent Design, John Dominic Crossan, Jon Buell, Michael Ruse, N. T. Wright, Phillip Johnson, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Subboor Ahmad, The End of Faith, The God Delusion, The Root of All Evil?
Paradoxically, he was ardent in his Darwinism, mild in his atheism, and fair-minded to intelligent design. Source
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05Nov 2024 by Post

Getting Stoned: Did It Shape Human Origins?

abstract thinking, anthropology, Aristotle, behavior, Big Think, Bobby Azarian, consciousness, Entropic Brain Hypothesis, Evolution, evolutionary psychology, Food of the Gods, human mind, Human Origins, magic mushrooms, Neuroscience & Mind, neuroscientists, New Stoned Ape Theory, panpsychism, psilocybin, Roger Penrose, Stone Age, Stoned Ape Theory, Terence McKenna
For a really wild excursion, nothing beats efforts to explain the evolution of the human mind. Source
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01Nov 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: New Fossil Evidence Challenges Another Icon of Evolution

Brasilodon quadrangularis, convergent evolution, cynodonts, Cynognathus crateronotus, Early Jurassic, Evolution, evolutionary icons, Fossil Friday (series), Gondwana, Great Britain, James Rawson, Jonathan Wells, mammalian origins, mammals, middle ear bones, Oligokyphus major, paleontology, Reichert-Gaupp theory, reptiles, Riograndia guaibensis, South America, transitional series, University of Bristol, Zhe-Xi Luo
This would have been very interesting news to my friend and colleague Jonathan Wells, who had described many such cases in his ground-breaking books. Source
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31Oct 2024 by Post

What Science Owes to Faith, Hope, and Love

beauty, Edwin Chargaff, empirical data, empiricism, Evolution, explanatory scope, Faith & Science, faith and science, germ theory, John Williams Draper, knowing, Paul Dirac, philosophy, physical world, predictiveness, scientific theories, scientism, Secularism, Steven Weinberg, testability, truth, Warfare Myth, water
It's a stretch to say that our ability to do realist science arose from a mindless process of evolution. Source
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30Oct 2024 by Post

The Fate of Evolution Without Natural Selection

Annabel Lustig, autopilot, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Connop Thirlwall, Erasmus Darwin, Evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Friedrich Nietzsche, Industrial Revolution, Intelligent Design, Jerry Fodor, Jesus, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, neo-Darwinists, New Testament, North Wales, Old Testament, Origin of Species, Phillip Johnson, primary school, Richard Dawkins, Richard Milner, Saint Asaph, South Wales, Spanish Inquisition, The Blind Watchmaker, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Malthus, Wales
It does not seem reasonable to accept the veridical status of evolution on the basis of what an increasing number of scientists perceive as a “dodgy dossier.” Source
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29Oct 2024 by Post

Why Are Evolutionists Now Doubting Evolution? with Dr. Casey Luskin

Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Dr Casey Luskin, Evolution, Frank Turek, Podcast, theology
Is Neo-Darwinism DEAD? Why are some prominent biologists and macro-evolutionists admitting that Darwinian evolution is in trouble and what’s fueling this newfound skepticism—even among Darwin’s long-time supporters? The answers may surprise you! Joining Frank from the recent SES Steadfast conference is Dr. Casey Luskin, Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute and co-author of ‘The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith‘, a collective work that seeks to reconcile the complexities of the universe with the concept of intelligent design. Together, Frank and Dr. Luskin address the following questions: What are some key differences between micro and macroevolution? What did later research reveal about the Galápagos Island finches and how does it compare to Darwin’s findings? What is epigenetics and how does…
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